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Several hot topic discussions coming this afternoon

The Palm Beach County School Board is slated to discuss at least three hot topics this afternoon at the request of school board members including parental dress, bus safety and the cost of air conditioning repairs.

School Board Member Debra Robinson has asked for a discussion item on today’s agenda asking Superintendent Wayne Gent to schedule a future workshop on ensuring the safety of students and bus drivers on school district buses. Three people, 25-year-old Shacaurra Burns, 33-year-old Ryan Beckford and 33-year-old Jean Bertrand have been arrested by school police and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on charges including battery, trespassing and child abuse in connection with an April 14 incident. The three are accused of jumping onto a school bus and attacking bus driver Joseph Beauzile after her stopped the bus to discipline students. Bus drivers demonstrated in front of school district headquarters on Monday over the incident.

The program allows companies to bid to do air conditioning repairs at schools with the companies putting up all the costs of those repairs themselves. They are paid back plus a profit through energy bill savings over the next few years. Chief Operating Officer Mike Burke said he still needs to get companies in to look at the repairs in Dwyer to see if the possible energy bill savings would be enough to interest any companies in using the energy savings bid.

Murgio said he wants to discuss an idea of using Dwyer as incentive so that if companies agree to fix the air conditioning at Dwyer they can be put on a short list to get the contract for air conditioning repairs at other schools where the energy savings revenue may be more lucrative for them.

The school board workshop starts at 2 p.m. at the Fulton-Holland Educational Center, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd. in Palm Springs.